Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
9 of 108 portraits by Daniel Maclise
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by or after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, circa 1833
9 3/4 in. x 7 3/8 in. (248 mm x 188 mm)
Purchased, 1940
Primary Collection
NPG 3093
Sitterback to top
- Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter associated with 112 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), History and portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 108 portraits, Sitter associated with 17 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 39
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Cult of Lord Byron (20 November 2002 - 16 February 2003)
Events of 1833back to top
Current affairs
Shaftesbury's Factory Act is passed regulating women's hours and providing for the education of children working in the textile industry.Bank Act is passed, making Bank of England notes Britain's legal tender.
Art and science
Charles Lamb publishes Last Essays of Elia after the enormous success of his earlier Essays. A comic allegorization of his humdrum clerical job they become one of the period's literary sensations.Charles Dickens begins his series Sketches by Boz in the Monthly Magazine.
International
Abolition of slavery in the British Empire; 780,000 slaves are freed, £20 million is allocated as compensation for slave owners and a six year apprenticeship system for freed slaves is established.Comments back to top
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Peter cheer
03 September 2020, 20:11
This is an early depiction of a gentleman wearing a ‘long chain’ (later called a guard chain, or [for female use] a muff chain), as observed by Peter Hinks in Nineteenth Century Jewellery (Faber collectors library)
“Men sometimes wore a similar type of chain, and a drawing after Daniel Maclise shows the young Disraeli wearing one around his neck, with the watch it supported tucked into his waistcoat pocket”.